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1984 Orwell Essays and Term Papers
Comparing The Anti-utopias OfBoth Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and Geroge Orwell’s 1984 present to the reader anti-utopian societies; societies which, when taken at face value, seem perfect, but really are deeply flawed. Both authors wrote their books because they felt that the world was on a course to disaster ...
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Hunger GamesSamantha Bockrath
period 2
9.7.12
As all members of the district stands before a screen, ``War, terrible war'' booms through the speakers at the reaping for the 74th annual Hunger Games. In Panem, war is punishment as a result of an uprising against the nation's Capitol, contradicting to ...
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Animal Farm ComparisonMost directly one would say that Animal Farm is an allegory of Stalinism, growing out from the Russian Revolution in 1917. Because it is cast as an animal fable it gives the reader/viewer, some distance from the specific political events. The use of the fable form helps one to examine the certain ...
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Big Brother: Who Is He And What Does He Want"1984" is a political novel by George Orwell that, when written in 1949, took place in the not so distant future. The main focus of the novel is how society can fall under the rule of a single power, and lose the freedom they once had. "Big Brother" is for the most part the leader of Oceania, ...
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HonestyImagine this: You are at a MacDonald’s drive through. You have ordered only one cheese burger, but when you drive up to the collection window, the young trainee hands you a big bag filled with food and a handful of change. There are two options, do you, A; tell the young trainee that you only ...
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Harry Elmer BarnesIn 1952, wrote a timely article, \"How \'Nineteen Eighty-Four\' Trends Threaten American Peace, Freedom, and Prosperity\" as the final chapter of the classic revisionist anthology, Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace. Barnes analyzed George Orwell\'s classic novel as a work of prophecy and sounded ...
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Harry Elmer BarnesIn 1952, wrote a timely article, "How 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' Trends Threaten American Peace, Freedom, and Prosperity" as the final chapter of the classic revisionist anthology, Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace. Barnes analyzed George Orwell's classic novel as a work of prophecy and sounded the ...
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Big Brother: Who Is He And What Does He Want"1984" is a political novel by George Orwell that, when written in 1949, took place in the not so distant future. The main focus of the novel is how society can fall under the rule of a single power, and lose the freedom they once had. "Big Brother" is for the most part the leader of Oceania, ...
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Interpretation 2Humans are set apart from all other animals for one reason. We have the power of imagination and thus power to interpret what we read. Therefore, we can argue that the written word is the most meaningful of all types of communication. It is valid to say that if ten people read a book and were ...
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PanopticonMyths, which are believed in, tend to become true.
-George Orwell
A long time ago man created the notion of God. God was able to see everything we do. He would judge all your actions and punish you for your wrongdoing. Fearing punishment from God, citizens would follow a system of morals and ...
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HonestyYou pull up to the second window at the McDonalds’s drive-through to pick up the shake you just ordered and paid for, and the person working there hands you a huge bag of food while asking you if this is what you ordered. Do you A: Answer “Yes” and take the food or B: Answer “No” and tell him/her ...
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Cold War PropagandaCold War Propaganda
At the end of World War II, only two global powers remained: the USSR and the United States. Both harbored different beliefs and governments, and a confrontation was bound to happen. This confrontation however, wasn t a battle of weapons, but of wills. There were no major ...
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George Orwell's 1984Introduction- This story takes place in a state called Oceania. The main
characters introduced are Winston Smith who is a worker on one of the four
branches of government on Oceania. This four branches are “The Ministry of Truth”
where they falsificate or remove all past documents such as books, ...
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Utopias are generally said to be societies in which the political,
social and economic troubles hampering its inhabitants has been done away with.
Instead the state is there to serve the people and ensure the peacefulness and
happiness of everyone. The word , which means "no place" in Greek, was
first ...
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Aldous HuxleyMany talented twentieth century writers have been overshadowed by classical writers such as Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare. Novels dealing with classical topics are often more recognized than works that tackle controversial topics. defies this stereotype, for his controversial works ...
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Winston Smithworks in London at the Ministry of Truth. London is a city in Airstrip One, a Province of Oceania. The Party with Big Brother as its leader rules Oceania, a totalitarian state and one of the great powers of the world. Winston is secretly dissatisfied with his life under the inflexible and ...
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InterpretationHumans are set apart from all other animals for one reason. We have the power of imagination and thus power to interpret what we read. Therefore, we can argue that the written word is the most meaningful of all types of communication. It is valid to say that if ten people read a book and were ...
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